One Child's View

Family of Secret and Lies, #1

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  • One
  • Child's
  • View
  • is
  • Book
  • 1
  • of
  • the
  • Family
  • of
  • Secrets
  • and
  • Lies
  • series.
  • It
  • is
  • a
  • 50,484-word
  • nonfiction
  • book
  • that
  • tells
  • the
  • true
  • story
  • of
  • a
  • little
  • girl
  • who
  • is
  • placed
  • lovingly
  • in
  • a
  • temporary,
  • informal
  • foster
  • home
  • at
  • the
  • age
  • of
  • three
  • years
  • old,
  • immediately
  • following
  • a
  • major
  • family
  • crisis.
  • She
  • is
  • later
  • thrust
  • into
  • the
  • chaos
  • of
  • the
  • New
  • York
  • City
  • foster
  • care
  • system,
  • which
  • becomes
  • a
  • long-term
  • situation
  • for
  • her.
  • One
  • Child's
  • View
  • also
  • shows
  • how
  • caseworkers
  • and
  • supervisors
  • are
  • so
  • overwhelmed
  • that
  • they
  • fail
  • to
  • detect
  • the
  • continuing
  • incidents
  • of
  • physical,
  • sexual
  • and
  • emotional
  • abuse
  • of
  • children
  • in
  • their
  • care,
  • even
  • when
  • the
  • evidence
  • is
  • staring
  • them
  • in
  • the
  • face.
  • As
  • she
  • grows
  • and
  • develops
  • into
  • early
  • adolescence,
  • the
  • young
  • girl
  • is
  • introduced
  • to
  • indepedent
  • living
  • skills
  • and
  • she
  • begins
  • to
  • contemplate
  • a
  • variety
  • of
  • career
  • options
  • and
  • envisions
  • a
  • future
  • of
  • living independently.
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